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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller

Runtime : 2H 3M

Director : Juzo Itami

Synopsis

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

Actors

Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto
Mahiru Inoue
Yasuo Daichi
Yasuo Daichi
Suzuki
Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Kobayashi
Takehiro Murata
Takehiro Murata
Taro Wakasugi
Yuji Miyake
Yuji Miyake
Hotel Man
Shirô Itô
Shirô Itô
Iriejima
Akira Nakao
Akira Nakao
Ibaki
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Hanaoka
Toshirō Yanagiba
Toshirō Yanagiba
Yakuza
Akio Tanaka
Akio Tanaka
Yakuza Boss
Kôji Sekiyama
Kôji Sekiyama
Yakuza Boss
Guts Ishimatsu
Guts Ishimatsu
Yakuza
Tetsu Watanabe
Tetsu Watanabe
Akechi
Shigeru Yazaki
Shigeru Yazaki
Judge
Masahiko Tsugawa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Foreign Office Eugene
Hideji Ôtaki
Hideji Ôtaki
Hotel General Manager
Gregory Marshall Smith
Gregory Marshall Smith
International Delegate

Crews

Juzo Itami
Juzo Itami
Director
Juzo Itami
Juzo Itami
Writer
Seigo Hosogoe
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki
Yasushi Tamaoki
Producer
Nigel Sinclair
Nigel Sinclair
Executive Producer
Toshiyuki Honda
Toshiyuki Honda
Music
Yonezô Maeda
Yonezô Maeda
Director of Photography
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura
Production Design
Etsuko Egawa
Etsuko Egawa
Makeup Artist
Kazu Hiro
Kazu Hiro
Makeup Artist
Osamu Onodera
Osamu Onodera
Sound Designer
Masatoshi Saito
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor

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